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'An inquiry examining institutional *** abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation's Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010.' Can the bricks from all the churches create orphanages, can the cloth from all the robes warm the freezing, can the wine from all the altars cheer the helpless, can the jewels from all the crosses fund the starving, can the gold from all the goblets ease the suffering, can the wood from all the pulpits house the homeless, can the glass from all the windows frame the darkness, can the bones from all the priests fertilize the fields, can the pain from all the suffering be acknowledged, can the tears from all the children be as witness, can the crimes of all the clergy be always remembered, can the church in all its guilt be just obliterated.
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Mar 9, 2017
Mar 9, 2017 at 3:36 PM UTC
Can the Church.
'An inquiry examining institutional *** abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation's Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010.' Can the bricks from all the churches create orphanages, can the cloth from all the robes warm the freezing, can the wine from all the altars cheer the helpless, can the jewels from all the crosses fund the starving, can the gold from all the goblets ease the suffering, can the wood from all the pulpits house the homeless, can the glass from all the windows frame the darkness, can the bones from all the priests fertilize the fields, can the pain from all the suffering be acknowledged, can the tears from all the children be as witness, can the crimes of all the clergy be always remembered, can the church in all its guilt be just obliterated.
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Mar 9, 2017
Mar 9, 2017 at 3:36 PM UTC
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